Project Overview

Meet and Greet meeting in Beta

Created by: admin | 2012-05-10 13:31

Associated Organization: AfricaAdapt

Summary:
On December 05, 2011 in Burkina Faso a Meet and Greet was conducted alongside with the seminar organized by Terre et Humanisme, on the theme "Seed autonomy and the preservation of traditional varieties," and aims to:

1. Introduce AfricaAdapt to the 45 participants from 22 NGOs and associations of 5 countries, and the benefits to join the network.

2. Have the understanding of participants on GMOs and local seeds, etc.

The Meet and Greet have finally allowed the network to:

- Get in touch with the actors that are difficult to access, and get their opinion and stance on the critical issue of GMOs

- Capitalize the experiences of the seminar by launching a broad consultation, through a forum of discussion on the issue of GMOs.

- Strengthen the capacity of these target actors, through training workshops organized by themselves.

Photos from the event are available here http://bit.ly/KMbq5L
Awareness Raising of Renewable Energy Technologies Tanzania

Created by: matimbwi | 2012-04-22 11:16

Associated Organization: Tanzania Renewable Energy Association

Summary:
The project has the objective of raising awareness of renewable energy technologies in Tanzania. The project aims at scaling up the acceptance and use of the clean renewable energy technologies and reversing the climate change.
Adapting to climate change in coastal Dar es Salaam

Created by: liana | 2012-04-16 20:14

Associated Organization: Sapienza University of Rome and ARDHI University

Summary:
The aim is to contribute to the implementation of the National Adaptation Programme of Action of the United Republic of Tanzania, focusing mainly on two of its priority sectors for adaptation strategies: human settlements and coastal and marine resources. The action’s specific objectives is to improve the effectiveness of Dar municipalities’ initiatives for supporting coastal peri-urban population in their efforts to adapt to Climate Change.
Review of Adaptation Action

Created by: AdaptationPartnership | 2012-03-20 19:58

Associated Organization: Adaptation Partnership / IISD

Summary:

As part of our effort to catalyze effective adaptation action, the Adaptation Partnership commissioned a review of planned and existing adaptation activities in 12 sub-regions across Asia and the Pacific, Africa, and Latin America and the Caribbean. These reviews provide an inventory of regional and country-level adaptation activities and a summary of key adaptation priorities, based on documents like the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change's National Adaptation Programs of Action and National Communications. They also identify gaps and opportunities for scaling up and enhancing collaboration.
The BUVAD Climate Change Issues Awareness Enhancement And Remedial Initiatives Project

Created by: buvad | 2012-02-28 21:29

Associated Organization: Butakoola Village Association for Development (BUVAD)

Summary:
BUVAD under the above project intends to construct 20 water harvesting tanks for 20 primary schools using waste plastic PET bottles as bricks. This is intended to enhance community awareness on climate change issues in Kayunga District while at the same time promoting a remedy initiative of clearing away the waste plastic PET bottles that have posed an agricultural hazard a backbone of the Ugandan economy. Also the community will learn to save water for future use whenever the rains come.

We are looking for partner agencies to support us with US$2,500 per each workshop that would result into a water tank. Hence a total of US$50,000 is needed to conduct 20 workshops and also construct twenty 4000ltr water harvesting tanks simulataneously.
Domestic Biogas Plant

Created by: kievnov | 2012-02-28 15:30

Associated Organization: Kievnov Science and Environmental Technologies Co Ltd

Summary:
KSET Domestic Biogas Plants produce renewable fuel from organic biomass (kitchen waste) and are primarily used in developing countries and rural areas as an alternative to using fossil fuels, whose combustion contributes to global warming. Biogas is a carbon neutral fuel that is produced when bacteria degrade biological material in the absence of oxygen, a process known as anaerobic digestion, or fermentation of biodegradable materials such as biomass, manure, sewage, or municipal waste. The fuel consists primarily of methane (CH4 or natural gas) and carbon dioxide (CH4) mixed with trace gases and can be used to generate electricity for cooking and heating when it is burned.
AfricaAdapt Online discussion - Local seeds, GM seeds, food security, and climate change

Created by: admin | 2012-02-22 16:22

Associated Organization: AfricaAdapt

Summary:

Climate change and variability is a challenge to Africa’s food security, affecting both the quantity and quality of agricultural production.

Against this background, increasing voices are questioning whether local seeds, the yardstick of farmers' agro economic sovereignty and yet severely affected by the adverse effects of climate change, are still enough to secure food security amongst African households.

Join the discussions online: http://next.dgroups.org/fara-net/africa-adapt/africa-adapt-fr
Ecosystem Livelihood Adaptation Network (ELAN) case studies: good practices in Niger, Sudan & Madagascar

Created by: admin | 2012-02-06 19:27

Associated Organization: ELAN

Summary:
ELAN collects, selects, and disseminates peer-reviewed case studies on good practices in integrating ecosystem and rights-based principles into people-centered adaptation policies, plans and programmes. Unsuccessful projects or “bad” practices are also of interest if they provide good lessons for future applications. Case studies are used for learning, knowledge exchange, and training purposes. Case studies are collected through different channels. http://elanadapt.net/good-practices
UNESCO West African Coastal Adaptation Project

Created by: admin | 2012-02-02 09:11

Associated Organization: UNESCO

Summary:
The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of the UN Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has reported on the implementation of a project titled Adaptation to Climate Change in Coastal zones of West Africa (ACCC), which involves Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea Bissau and Cape Verde.

The project involves the development of pilot activities in one selected sites per country targeted at reducing the threat of coastal erosion, while increasing biodiversity and strengthening the adaptive capacities of local communities and ecosystems. The project also aims to mainstream climate change considerations into development plans, such as tourism strategies and coastal urban planning.
france project

Created by: joost | 2012-01-24 10:50

Associated Organization: co-capacity

Summary:
english
FAO, EU Fund Climate-Smart Agriculture in Africa (Malawi and Zambia)

Created by: admin | 2012-01-19 14:23

Associated Organization: FAO

Summary:
Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) and the European Commission have launched a €5.3 million, three-year project in Malawi, Viet Nam and Zambia to identify challenges and opportunities for climate-smart agriculture and produce strategic plans for each country. Continued.
zambezi irrigation system

Created by: imutggo | 2012-01-09 09:44

Associated Organization: a

Summary:
a
Flood and Land Degradation Risk Management in Togo

Created by: admin | 2011-12-23 12:54

Associated Organization: World Bank

Summary:

20 December 2011: The World Bank has approved a $16.9 million grant to assist with implementation of the Integrated Disaster and Land Management Project in Togo. The project is funded by several trust funds, including the Least Developed Countries Fund for Adaptation to Climate Change, the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, and TerrAfrica.
Drinking Water Project in Tunisia

Created by: admin | 2011-12-23 12:50

Associated Organization: AfDB

Summary:

16 December 2011: The Government of Tunisia and the African Development Bank (AfDB) have launched a national programme on drinking water access in rural Tunisia. The financing agreement of the programme for 183 million Tunisian dinars (€95 million) was signed in Tunis in October 2011.

The programme aims at enhancing strategic access to drinking water in rural areas, one of Tunisia's priotities. The programme, which is set to conclude in 2016, is expected to provide access to water to over 350 000 people.
GEF-SCCF Project Increases Resilience to Drought and Climate Change in Zimbabwe

Created by: admin | 2011-12-23 12:42

Associated Organization: GEF

Summary:

December 2011: In Zimbabwe’s rural District of Chiredzi, the Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF) of the Global Environment facility (GEF) has supported a project to enhance the capacity of farmers to adapt to climate variability and change through the adoption of gender-sensitive approaches.

The project, which is implemented by the UN Development Programme (UNDP), focuses on improving climate change knowledge base of local populations to facilitate adaptation choices; piloting demonstration of policy oriented adaptation practices; and promoting the use of climate early warning systems.
Reducing Vulnerability to Climate Change by Establishing Early Warning and Disaster Preparedness Systems and Support for Integrated Watershed Management in Flood Prone Areas

Created by: admin | 2011-12-23 12:31

Associated Organization: GEF

Summary:

December 2011: The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has reported on a project in Rwanda titled “Reducing Vulnerability to Climate Change by Establishing Early Warning and Disaster Preparedness Systems and Support for Integrated Watershed Management in Flood Prone Areas,” which is financed through its Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF).

Focused on the Gishwati ecosystem in Western Rwanda and the associated Nile-Congo crest watersheds, the project aims to decrease the vulnerability of the people living and deriving their livelihoods from these areas.
Herders in drought-stricken northern Kenya get first livestock insurance payments

Created by: admin | 2011-10-27 10:30

Associated Organization: ILRI

Summary:
Pastoralists from Marsabit, in Kenya’s remote northern drylands, play a game crafted by ILRI scientists to simulate livestock losses that could occur due to drought, in which the local herding communities are educated about how index-based livestock insurance works.
World Resources Report 2010-2011: Decision Making in a Changing Climate

Created by: admin | 2011-10-24 06:55

Associated Organization: UNEP

Summary: Recent extreme weather events including floods, heat waves, and droughts present a vivid image of the direction the world is heading. As climate change intensifies, more events like these, combined with longer-term changes in the climate's average state - including rising seas, melting glaciers, and shifting precipitation patterns - will have profound impacts on people, ecosystems and infrastructure.
WMO Trains West African Farmers on Use of Weather/Climate Information

Created by: admin | 2011-10-18 10:49

Associated Organization: WMO

Summary: The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has completed a four-year project across 15 West African countries that carried out 146 roving seminars to increase the interactions between national meteorological and hydrological institutes and rural farms.
IMPACT Business Award 2011

Created by: anais | 2011-10-13 05:23

Associated Organization: IMPACT Business Award

Summary: The IMPACT (Innovative Models Promoting Adaptation and Climate Technologies) Business Award rewards enterprises that apply innovative business solutions in combating Climate Change. The IMPACT Business Award on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) will make a total of up to five International Awards available in 2011. For more information and application, please visit: www.IMPACT-business-award.de